Sunday, October 07, 2007

Surprising Selection

"And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Whom am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?" (1 Chronicles 17:16). "For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called... that no flesh should glory in His presence" (1 Corinthians 1:26,29).

Now who would have thought
That our God would choose
So lowly a lot
To commission and use!

Surprising selection,
That God would choose those
So far from perfection,
As each of them knows!

For not many wise,
Or mighty we see,
And not many rise
From nobility.

But God has selected
The ones least esteemed
Whom He has detected
Will do as He's deemed.

May God thus receive
All the glory He's due
From those who believe,
Like me and like you.

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